Samuel and Susanna (Hobbs) Shackford of Duxbury, Vermont (1789-1831) (Blog 520)

April 3, 2024April 3, 2024 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ 8 Comments

We aren’t sure where Samuel Shackford of Duxbury, Vermont was born but according to Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy Manuscript, he was the son of John Shackford and most likely John’s second wife, Anna Hatch. The manuscript states he was born on May 25, 1789 and since John Shackford (1743-1827) was living in York County at this time, he was most likely born there. Samuel was living in Duxbury, Vermont at the age of 21 – we’d love to know what brought him to Duxbury.

We do know that Samuel married Susannah Hobbs, the daughter of Caleb and Sarah (Lucas) Hobbs on December. 2, 1810. She was born on December 18, 1792 in Bradford, Vermont so he was 21 and she was 17.

Duxbury Deed, Caleb Hobs to Samuel Shackford, Jan 10, 1811

On January 10, 1811, Samuel purchased land from Caleb Hobs [sic], his father-in-law for $175. The property is described as “fifty acres off the westerly end of Lot Number Twelve in the second division of Duxbury – land drawn to the right of Cora King.”

Three months later, on March 7, 1811, Samuel then sold property with the exact same description to James Hobs [sic], his brother-in-law for $1. We are unsure why someone would sell property they had just purchased for such a loss — perhaps Samuel owed money to his brother-in-law?

Samuel remained in Duxbury – he is listed in the 1820 census on the same page as his brother-in-law working in the field of agriculture. The census record shows that he had one adult and four children under the age of 10 living at the home. Samuel is also listed in the 1830 Duxbury census records. Although the family had six daughters under the age of 14 in 1830, only two are showing in this census, one age 10-14 and 1 under 5 although the family had eight girls at the time. We know from the Shackford Genealogy Manuscript that one daughter – Adaline, who would have been 9, was living with another family – perhaps many of the other Shackford children were also living with other families.

Samuel died at the age of 41 on February 6, 1831 and was buried in the Old Waterbury Center Cemetery in Waterbury, Vermont. A photograph of his gravestone can be seen at Find A Grave. He left a wife and eight daughters ages 19, 17, 16, 11, 11, 9, 6, and 5.

Samuel’s widow, Susannah married Rememberance Nash in Duxbury on July 28, 1833. We have not found much about this relationship other than an index card with the marriage information but believe it ended quickly as he moved alone to New York before 1840. Susannah moved to Waterbury, Vermont and married Ezra French in 1845, definitely before October 16, 1848 as a deed with this date reflecting land she purchased lists her with the last name of French — the land was adjacent to land that Nathaniel had already sold to Ezra. We find Ezra and Susanna living together in the 1850 Waterbury census which lists Ezra age 75 owning property valued at $300 living with Susanah, age 57. Ezra’s son Calvin from a previous marriage was also living in the home..

Ezra died on 18 Mar 1854 and was buried in the Waterbury Center Cemetery. Susanna then went to live with her eldest daughter Orilla who had married Samuel Woodard. She then sold the property that had been owned by Ezra and the property she had purchased for $150. It was described as “the place where myself and my late husband Ezra French formerly lived.”

She lived in Waterbury until her death at age 85 on February 21, 1878 and was buried in the Waterbury Cemetery next to Ezra. The gravestone can be seen at FindAGrave.

CHILDREN:

Orrilla Shackford (1811-1862) – married Ira Jewell, then Samuel Wells Woodward

Sarah D Shackford (1815-1903) – married David Hill, then Charles H Atkins

Rebecca Melissa Shackford (1817-1867) – married William Foster

John C Shackford (1819-1819)

Angeline Shackford (1820-1883) – married Williard Bainbridge Preston

Adaline Shackford (1820-1907) – married John Prentice Wallace Vincent, then Robert King

Lydia Shackford (1822-1840)

Rosana Shackford (1824-1910) – married Alfred York

Susannah Sabrina Shackford (1826-1924) – married Edwin Aldrich Lanfair

Note: The Shackford name ended in Duxbury, Vermont upon the marriage of Adaline in 1845. We never would have pieced this family together without Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy Manuscript or the staff at the NEHGS who pulled it from storage and allowed me to review it. Samuel and the other Samuel Shackford of Chicago who compiled Shackford research spent hours in libraries reviewing source material, writing letters to Shackford descendents, and incorporating the new information into their manuscripts. Today we are fortunate to have access to even more materials online and to be able to reach out quickly via phone and e-mail to others who are interested in this same genealogy research. But even then there is more research needed to verify past research.

Further Research needed regarding Samuel Shackford:

Review the notes that Samuel Burnham Shackford took from the family Bible mentioned by Sabrina Lanfair to see if there are any further sources to substantiate that this John Shackford listed is Samuel’s father. Hopefully there are some notes explaining why he moved to Duxbury Maine at the age of 21.

Look for probate records for Samuel’s father John who lived in Alfred, Maine and review any land records for John and John’s children for any indications as to Samuel’s parents.

Are there any records that show where Samuel and Susanah married? (probably not as records were not kept in 1810)

Are there any records showing where their younger children were in 1830?

Were there guardianship assignments of the children after Samuel’s death in 1831? We’ve reviewed the Washington, Vermont Probate Court Guardian records, 1821-1921 but have not found any records pertaining to this family.

All posts on this website are a work in progress. We’d love to learn of any corrections or additions to the information shared. Also we’d love it if you’d like the post here or at http://www.facebook.com/shackfordgenealogy) as that helps share the post with others. Thanks!

SOURCES:

1820 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Vermont, population schedule, Duxbury, Samuel Shackford; digital images, Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com : accessed 22 March 2024).

1830 United States Federal Census, Washington County, Vermont, population schedule, Duxbury, Samuel Shackford; digital images, Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com : accessed 22 March 2024).

1850 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, page 649 (penned), dwelling 2008, family 2018, Ezra French; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 14 January 2015).

1860 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, Page No 168, dwelling 1279, family 1353, Samuel W Woodard; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 10 June 2019).

“Duxbury Land Records, 1770-1876 Grantor and Grantee index to land records, v. 1-19,” digital images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/178010 : accessed 29 March 2024), Book 5, Samuel Shackford Caleb Hobbs; Image 161 of 927.

“Duxbury Vermont Land records, 1770-1876, Land records, v. 5-6 1800-1830,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 2 April 2024), Property Sale Caleb Hobbs to Samuel Shackford; Film #008663953, Image 54 of 684.

“Duxbury Vermont Land records, 1770-1876, Land records, v. 5-6 1800-1830,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 2 April 2024), Samuel Shackford to James Hobs; Film #008663953, Image 69 of 684.

“Duxbury Vermont Card index to births, T-Z, 1783-1997; bride index to marriages, A-Z, 1783-1997; groom index to marriages, A-Z, 1783-1997,” digital images, FamilySearch (familysearch.org : accessed accessed), Susanna Shackford; Film 007746234, Image 1028 of 2208.

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 August 2014), Samuel Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 53220057.

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 August 2014), Susanna Hobbs French, Find A Grave Memorial# 53220011.

“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; typed manuscript, SG SHA 5; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (56) Desc. of William Shackford, #116, Samuel Shackford b 1761; source Family Bible from his daughter Susannah (Shackford) Lanfair.

Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008, , Samuel Shackford, 6 February 1831; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 June 2013).

“Waterbury. Deeds 1862–1872,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 12 March 2024), Nathl Woodman’s Deed to Susannah French.

“Waterbury. Deeds 1862–1872,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 10 March 2024), Susana Hobbs (Shackford) French sells property; Image 296 of 616.

Lydia Shackford of Waterbury, Vermont (1822-1840) (Blog 519)

March 24, 2024April 3, 2024 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ 1 Comment

We know of Lydia Shackford because she is mentioned in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy Manuscript, has a death record, and has a marked gravestone in Waterbury, Vermont.

The manuscript tells us that Lydia was Samuel and Susanna (Hobbs) Shackford‘s ninth child and was born on Oct 26, 1822. She would have been eight when her father died and her mother was left caring for seven or eight girls (at least one sister may have been cared for by another family). We don’t know much more about Lydia’s short life — we presume she and the rest of her family worked hard on the family farm.

Lydia’s death record says that she lived 19 years and one month and died Oct 29, 1840. The birth date shown in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s manuscript and places her at 18 years and 3 days. This date was apparently copied from a family Bible – am unsure if we will find more source information to clarify this slight discrepancy. We do hope to get back to the New England Historical and Genealogy Society someday to review Samuel’s source documentation — perhaps the answer is there.

Lydia is buried in Waterbury Center Cemetery. A picture of her gravestone which was taken by Barb Destromp can be found at Find A Grave.

SOURCES:

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 August 2014), Lydia Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 53220643.

Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008, , Lydia Shackford, 29 October 1840; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 June 2013).

John C Shackford, the Son of Samuel and Susanna (Hobbs) Shackford only Lived Two Months (Blog 518)

March 22, 2024April 3, 2024 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ 1 Comment

We only know about John C Shackford because he is mentioned in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Manuscript. The manuscript tells us that he was Samuel and Susanna (Hobbs) Shackford’s fourth child and sadly only lived from August 5, 1819 to October 6, 1819. We don’t know where he was born or died, where he may have been buried, or how his death affected the family. While the family eventually settled in Waterbury, Vermont, the manuscript says that the family’s earlier children were born in other locations.

From this page of the manuscript, the source of this information was Susanna Sabrina Lanfair’s Bible which we’d love to find.

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116 Samual (62 John 24 Paul 4 Joshua 1 William) was born May 25, 1789 and died Feb. 5, 1831.  He married Susanna Hobb [sic], daughter of Caleb, Dec. 2, 1810.  She was born Dec. 19, 1792 and died Feb. 21, 1878.  She married second Ezra French in 1845. Cooper, Baptista [?]  Res. Waterbury, Vt.

      Children
          245. Orrilla b. Nov. 10, 1811
          246. Sarah b. Feb. 5, 1815
          247. Rebecca Melissa b. April 5, 1817
          248. John C. b. Aug. 5, 1819 d. Oct 6, 1819
          249. Angeline b. July 19, 1820
          250. Adeline b.   “    “    “
          251. Lydia b. Oct 26, 1822
          252. Rosanna b. Aug. 25, 1824
          253. Susanna Sabrina b. Nov. 28, 1826
    Family Bible per Sabrina Sanfair. [NOTE: Lanfair – spelled with “L” under #253, jsp]

There might be more information about John and others in this family at the New England Historical and Genealogical Society (NEHGS). Possibly he or someone transcribed the Bible. Hopefully we’ll be back at the NEHGS some day to further our research about this family.

SOURCES:
“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; typed manuscript, SG SHA 5; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (56) Desc. of William Shackford, #116, Samuel Shackford b 1761. Source: Sabrina Lanfair’s Bible.

Rebecca Melissa (Shackford) Foster of Waterbury, Duxbury, Williamstown, and Moretown, Vermont (1817-1867) (Blog 517)

March 22, 2024April 3, 2024 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ 1 Comment

Rebecca Melissa Shackford, daughter of Samuel and Susanah (Hobb) Shackford was born April 5, 1817 probably in Carlisle, New York. She was the third child in a family that moved to Duxbury, Vermont and raised eight girls to adulthood (one boy died within a few months of his birth). Rebecca was 13 when her father died and most likely worked hard on the farm to support the family.

When Rebecca was 21 she married William Foster in 1839, and moved to Williamstown, Vermont where he worked as a farmer and they raised six children. The family seems to have been missed in the 1850 census but was recorded in Williamstown in the 1860 census where William’s property is valued at $6,000 and his personal property valued at $7500.

William and Rebecca’s eldest son registered for the draft on July 1, 1863, mustered in the military on June 10, 1863 where he served with the 1st Regiment, Vermont Heavy Artillery as a Corporal. Sadly he was captured at Weldon Road in Virginia, imprisoned on 23 June 1864 at Andersonville Prison and died there on Sept 8, 1864. He was 24 years old.

In 1866, William purchased land in Moretown, Vermont where we believe they moved as this was where Rebecca died at the age of 50 on October 16, 1867.

Rebecca was buried in the Williamstown Town Cemetery in Williamstown, Vermont. Her gravestone has the following inscription: REBECCA M. wife of Wm Foster DIED Oct 16, 1867 AE 50 Yrs. (Photograph from Find A Grave shared with permission of photographer kwhitco.)

William who was left with younger children, married Orilla (Peck) Nelson, a widow with five children — together they had two more children. He died on April 17, 1890 at his daughter Adeline’s home and was buried next to his first wife, Rebecca in Williamstown.

CHILDREN:

Horace B Foster (1839-1864) – served in the Civil War, captured and held prisoner at Andersonville, Georgia where he died. Image of gravestone credit to Kevin Frye, Andersonville historian.

Samuel Shackford Foster (1841-1927) – married Annie D Nesbitt. Cooresponded with Samuel Burnham Shackford who compiled the Shackford Genealogy Manuscript

Olive Maud Foster (1843-1893) – married Josiah Holden Warren

Vienna Malinda Foster (1849-1935) – married William M Deavitt and Jerome Hart

Adeline Foster (1852-1893) – married Lorenzo H Warren

Tina A Foster (1855-1883) – married George Warren Kibby

Note: Some individuals on Ancestry have Rebecca Shackford’s last name listed as Stafford. We weren’t sure why until a fellow researcher of this family pointed out that Rebecca’s daughter Olive’s marriage record has Rebecca with the last name Stafford. We’ve looked at these written records and perhaps this was the best spelling they had of a grandfather who was deceased before Olive was born. We do know that the source for the Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy Manuscript for Rebecca Melissa was Samuel S Foster, one of Rebecca’s children and are hoping someday to see what he sent to Samuel Burnham Shackford regarding this family line. Samuel Shackford’s 1927 death record shows his mother’s name as unknown and she is not mentioned in his obituary. Neither Vienna Malinda’s marriage or death record record her mother’s name. Adeline’s death record does not record her mother’s name. The youngest child Tina’s marriage record shows her mother as Melissa Shackford and her death record lists Rebecca Shackford. I will write to those using Stafford to see if they might agree to update the spelling to Shackford so that any descendents can discover their ancestors.

SOURCES:

1860 United States Federal Census, Orange County, Vermont, population schedule, Williamston, Page No 1, Dwelling 3, Household 3, Wm Foster; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 18 March 2024).

“Hardwick. William Foster,” Orleans County Monitor (Barton, Vermont), 19 March 2024; digital images, Newspaper Archives (NewspaperArchive.com : accessed 19 March 2024).

“Our Boys in Prison–Deaths, &c,” Independent Standard (Irasburgh, Vermont), 6 January 1865, Horace B Foster; digital images, Chronicling America (ChroniclingAmerica.loc.gov : accessed 23 March 2024).

“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925, reviewed summer 2016; typed manuscript, SG SHA, Folder (56) William Shackford; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. # 247 Rebecca Melissa Shackford, source Samuel S Foster.

“U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865,” digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 22 March 2024), Horace B Foster;

Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954, , Rebecca M Foster, 16 October 1867; digital images, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org : accessed 7 October 2018).

“Waterbury. Deeds 1864–1884,” digital images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch.org : accessed 20 March 2024), John Hunter and wife sell land to William Foster of Moretown.

Adeline (Shackford)(Prescott) King of Duxbury Vermont; Columbus, Ohio; and Knox, Missouri (1820-1907) (Blog 513)

March 5, 2024April 3, 2024 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ 2 Comments

Adeline Shackford, also known as Adaline, the daughter of Samuel and Susannah (Hobbs) Shackford and twin sister to Angeline was born on July 19, 1820. Apparently Adeline’s mother was too weak to raise her twins so Adeline was raised by Mrs Sarah (Chamberlain) Fisher. Mrs Fisher’s husband Jonathan died in 1832 and Sarah then married John Vincent of Middlesex, Vermont who had children by his first marriage.

The eldest of those children, John Prentis Wallace Vincent who was born Dec 19 1818 married Adeline on October 13, 1845 in Montpelier, Vermont. In 1850 John was working as the sheriff in East Montpelier, Vermont. John and Adeline had four children, two of whom died young before John also died at the age of 36 on 19 November 1855. Adeline then moved to Columbus, Ohio where her sister Angeline (Shackford) Preston lived.

While in Columbus, Adaline who was raising two children met Robert King, a farmer who had been widowed in 1861 and was raising three children. They married on March 3, 1863, added two children to the household, and then sometime before 1870 moved to Lewis, Missouri. Robert worked as a farmer until his death at age 81, on February 21, 1891. Adaline moved into her son-in-law’s home in Salem, Missouri and and died at the age of 87 on November 2, 1907. Her obituary was published in The La Belle Star on Dec 13, 1907.

DEATH OF MRS. ADELINE KING.

Mrs. Adeline S. King, one of the oldest residents of Lewis county, passed away at the home of her son-in-law, Albert Seeber, November 28, 1907.
Adeline S. Fisher was born at Duxbury, Vermont, July 19, 1820, and was united in marriage to P. W. Vincent October 13, 1845. Mr. Vincent died November 19, 1855, and she remained a widow until March 3, 1863, when she was married at Columbus, Ohio, to Robert King, Rev. Joseph M. Trimble performing the ceremony. Robert King departed this life in February, 1891.

Mrs. King was an estimable Christian woman, patient under her trials and thoughtful and kind to all. Her departure was sudden. She had not complained of any ailment and quietly passed away while sitting in her chair. Funeral services were held at the Seeber home November 29, conducted by the pastor of LaBelle Presbyterian church, a large number of friends being in attendance. The body was buried by the side of her husband, Robert King, in Newark cemetery.

Thanks to Michelle Pendleton who gave us permission to share this photograph she took of Adaline’s gravestone and shared it on Find A Grave, we can see Adaline’s gravestone which reads:

ADALINE S.

WIFE OF

ROBERT KING

BORN

JULY 19, 1820

DIED

NOV. 28, 1907.

Plus small words that are not readable from the photograph.

CHILDREN:

Charles Prentice Vincent (1846-1887) – married Mary Tom Walter – physician

Carlos B Vincent (1848-1852)

John Vincent (1852-1852)

Cora Angeline Vincent (1854-1925) – married Alexander McClain Kitch

Adaline Sarah King (1864-1936) – married Albert Seeber

Clarence King (1869-1938) – married Sarah E Stewart

SOURCES:

1850 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, East Montpelier, page 491 (penned), dwelling 626, family 636, Prentiss Vincent; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 November 2014).

1860 United States Federal Census, Franklin, Ohio, population schedule, Franklin Township, Page No 1, Dwelling No 1, Family No 1, W B Preston; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2014).

1870 United States Federal Census, Lewis, Missouri, population schedule, Monticello, Page No 8, dwelling 52, family 52, Robert King; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 November 2014).

1880 United States Federal Census, Lewis County, Missouri, population schedule, Salem, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 31, Page No 5, dwelling 44, family 46, Robert King; digital image, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 2 November 2014).

1900 United States Federal Census, Lewis County, Missouri, population schedule, Salem, enumeration district (ED) Enumeration District No 57, Sheet No 7B, Albert Seeber; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed ).

“Deaths.,” Vermont Watchman and State Journal (Mountpelier, Vermont), 7 December 1855, John Prentiss W. Vincent; digital images, Library of Congress Chroncling America (http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ : accessed 10 March 2016).

Find a Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 12 June 2019), Adaline Shackford King, MEMORIAL ID 12216245

“LA BELLE, DEATH OF MRS. ADELINE KING,” The La Belle Star (La Belle, Missouri), 13 December 1907; digital images, newspapers.com (newspapers.com : accessed 29 February 2024).

Ohio, Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-1997, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X8SM-KZ4, Robert King m Adaline Vincent, 3 March 1863; digital images, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 2 November 2014).

“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; SG SGA 5; Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. (56) William Shackford, Shackford Genealogy Manuscript, #250 Adeline Shackford.

Tombstone Tuesday – Rosana (Shackford) York (1824-1910) of Waterbury, Vermont (Blog 494)

June 11, 2019April 3, 2024 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ 3 Comments

Rosana Shackford, the daughter of Samuel and Susanna (Hobbs) Shackford was born August 25, 1824 in Duxbury, Vermont. She was seven when her father died, 10 when her mother married Ezra French, and 16 when she married 33 year old Alfred York, the son of John Bradbury and Mary Polly (Emerson) York in Waterbury, Vermont on June 23, 1841. Albert had six children from a previous marriage – Bradbury, George, Daniel W, Ann, Jonas, and John W. We have not yet learned what happened to Albert’s first wife Abigail (Watson) York.

In 1850 George, Jonas, and John were living with Alfred and Rosana. After George died in Virginia during the Civil War, his youngest daughter Lizzie moved in with Alfred and Rosana.

Alfred died on August 4, 1890 in Waterbury and was buried in the Hope Cemetery in Waterbury, Vermont. His will which was written in 1886 mentioned his children Bradbury York, Ann Simonds, Janus York, John W. York, Daniel York and his grandchildren Lizzie York and Imagine Jones, both children of his son George York who died in the Civil War.

Death Record Rosanna Shackford FamilySearch

Rosana died at the age of 85 on August 4, 1890 of uranemia and nephritis. She had been living in the home of her step-granddaughter Lizzie and her step-great-granddaughter Rosie.

Gravestone Rosana Shackford Parkes - permission to use from Vermont Grave Walker

Rosana was buried in the Waterbury Cemetery in Waterbury, Vermont. Thank you to Vermont Grave Walker who gave permission to share a copy of the photo of Rosana’s gravestone in this blog.

Rosana’s wrote a will and two codicils between Dec 11, 1897 and May 19, 1910 which mention her step-granddaughter Mrs Lizzie Gibson, her step-great granddaughter Rosie Gibson, Mrs Malinda Hart, her sister Susanna Sabrina Lanfair of Deerfield, Mass., (her only living sibling), Mrs Mandana Dillingham (her niece), Malanda Hart (her niece), Samuel Hart (her nephew), the Freewill Baptist Home Mission Society, the Freewill Baptist Foreign Mission Society, her step-son John W York, her step-son Jonas M. York and Samuel S. Foster., Emogene Jones, and step-grandson Fred E. York. She also left a legacy to the Waterbury cemetery to maintain the Alfred York gravesites.

Children:

None

SOURCES:

1850 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, page 609 (handwritten), 305 (stamped), dwelling 1969, family 1977, Alfred York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 29 May 2019).

1860 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, Page No 187, dwelling 1425, family 1520, Alfred York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).

1870 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, Page No 32, dwelling 250, family 273, Alfred York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).

1880 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury, enumeration district (ED) 218, Page No 45, dwelling 477, family 578, Alfred York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).

1900 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury Village, enumeration district (ED) 239, Sheet No 9, dwelling 226, family 252, Rozanna York; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).

1910 US Federal Census, Washington County, population schedule, Waterbury Village, enumeration district (ED) 237, Sheet No 14A, Rosanna York in home of Lizzie A Gibson; digital images, FamilySearch(http://familysearch.org : accessed 28 May 2019).

Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/2V7N-9BN, Rosana York, 19 May 1910; digital images, FamilySearch(www.familysearch.org : accessed 25 December 2015).

Vermont, Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/V8MB-BBM, Rosana Shackford/Alfred York, 23 June 1841; digital images, FamilySearch(www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 June 2013).

“Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999,” digital images, Ancestry(www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2019), Alfred York; page 102-104.

“Vermont, Wills and Probate Records, 1749-1999,” digital images, Ancestry(www.ancestry.com : accessed 10 June 2019), Rosana York.

Updated June 12 adding Alfred’s death

Christopher Shackford’s Marriage Intention to Miss Mehitable Maddox Published in Sanford, Maine on Sept 21, 1838 (Blog 489)

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Christopher Shackford, the son of Samuel and Charity (Cousens) Shackford was born on April 3, 1809 in Sanford, Maine. His marriage intention to Mehitable Maddox of Kennebunkport was published in the Sanford Town Minutes on September 21, 1838

christopher shackford mehitible maddox marriage intention maine, maine vital records, 1670-1921, sanford town record, film # 007724810, image 502 of 797, christopher shackf 53 Record of the Publishment of Christopher Shackford
Mr Christopher Shackford of Sanford &
Miss Mehitable Maddox of Kennebunkport
Intend Marriage – Sanford Sept. 21, 1838 –
Attest Timothy Shaw, Town Clerk
Certificate Dated
Oct 8, 1838

christopher shackford mehitible maddox intention of marriage maine marriages, 1771-1907, digital images with index, familysearch (http-::familysearch.org kennebunk Their marriage intention was also reported in the Kennebunk Town Records the next day: Mr Christopher Shackford of Sanford, and Miss Mehitable Maddox of Kennebunk intend marriage Septbr 22, 1838.

Their Oct 10, 1838 marriage was recorded in Kennebunkport on October 19, 1838: christopher shackford m mehitable maddox town and vital records, 1678-1891, digital images, familysearch (http-::familysearch.org - accessed 25 january 2019), c 1838
Oct 19 Christopher Shackford Sanford 1838
Mehitible Maddox Kennebunk October 10 Rev Timot Wolcott
Attest Joshua Herrick Town Clerk

Christopher was living in Sanford, Maine in 1840 with his 79 year old father Samuel Shackford, a Revolutionary War Soldier and served as a selectman in York in 1850 and 1851. His wife Mehitable died in 1852 and he married Louisa Hill sometime before 1856. He worked as a farmer in Sanford living on Boom Road until moving to Saco sometime before 1865 and according to Samuel Burham Shackford Genealogy manuscript, he was a Republican and a Baptist. Christopher wrote his will on April 14, 1869 mentioning his son Granville and two daughters Serena and Georgiana and his second wife Louisa. He died in Saco, Maine on April 2, 1870 and was buried in the Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco, Maine.

CHILDREN:

with Mehitable:

Granville Shackford (1840-1916) – served in civil war, lived in Saco, Maine, married Melvina D Currier

Serena Shackford (1843-1905) – married Elbridge L Sawyer

Georgianna Shackford (1846-1882) – lived in Saco, Maine

with Louisa:

Charles Shackford (1856-1858)

SOURCES:

1840 US Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Sanford, Page 151 (stamped), Christopher Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 17 August 2013).

1850 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Town of Sanford, Page 275 (penned), 138 (stamped), Dwelling 341, Family 355, Christopher Shackford; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.com : accessed 12 August 2013).

1860 United States Federal Census, York County, Maine, population schedule, Saco, Page No 146, dwelling 1078, family 1083, Christopher Shackford; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 27 October 2013).

Bradbury Charles, History of Kennebunkport, From Its First Discovery by Bartholomew Gossnold, May 14, 1602, to A.D. 1837 (Kennebunk: James K. Remich, 1837), page 273; digital images, Archive.org (https://archive.org : accessed 23 January 2019.

Find A Grave, Find A Grave, digital images (http://www.findagrave.com : accessed 1 August 2014), Mehitable Shackford, Find A Grave Memorial# 93426801.

History of York County, Maine: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (York County (Me): Higginson Book Company, 1880), Page 371; digital images, Google eBooks (http://books.google.com : accessed 12 August 2013.

Maine, Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921, Sanford Town Record, Film # 007724810, Image 502 of 797, Christopher Shackford marriage intention Mehitible Maddox, 21 September 1838; digital images, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 19 January 2019).

Maine “Maine Marriages, 1771-1907,” database index, FamilySearch (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 14 October 2013), Christopher Shackford m. Mehitable Maddox 10 Oct 1838.

(Maine, Nathan Hale Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980), Family Search, digital images (https://familysearch.org/search/collection/2241461 : accessed 24 December 2013), Christopher Shackford, image 1296; Nathan Hill Cemetery Collection, ca. 1780-1980, Sears, Louisa-Sharp, Lee.

“Maine Marriages, 1771-1907,” digital images with index, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : accessed 25 January 2019), Christopher Shackford marriage intention Mehitible Maddox; Kennebunk Records of Intention of Marriage Film # 007595725 , page 78, Image 378 of 466.

Shackford collection by Samuel Burnham Shackford; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts. #133, Christopher Shackford.

United States. Census Office. 6th Census 1840, A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary Or Military Service:: With Their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshals of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census, Volumes 840-843 (1841), Page 3; digital images, Google eBook (http://books.google.com : accessed 12 August 2013.

My DNA Matches Eight Shackford Descendents – will other Shackford Descendents Test to Increase the Knowledge of Shackford Ancestors? (Blog 487)

January 1, 2019January 3, 2019 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ Leave a comment

About a year ago I took an Ancestry DNA test and had 68 Shared Ancestor Hints and 667 4th cousins or closer and was in 8 DNA Circles. DNA Story Ancestry Joanne In one year, these numbers have increased significantly! As of Jan 1, 2019, I have 94 Shared Ancestor Hints and 972 4th cousins or closer, and 13 DNA Circles. I’ve corresponded with many of the descendents of my shared Ancestors and shared the information I’ve gathered about these shared ancestors. In some cases, folks have graciously shared copies of photos and newspaper articles that they have inherited about these shared ancestors.

In the past month I’ve focused on my shared SHACKFORD ancestors who I found by clicking on the 972 4th cousins or closer box, then entering Shackford into the Search Matches box, then researching their shared matches. I wrote to those who have private family trees — some responded, others didn’t and also reviewed and flushed out some the trees of those with whom I share DNA until I found the shared ancestor.

Here’s the DNA connections with seven different Shackford descendents that I found (names deleted to keep their privacy). I thank them for sharing their DNA with Ancestry or Family Tree DNA and for corresponding with me as we jointly tried to find the ancestral links.

My hope is that over time, these individuals and or other Shackford descendents will share their DNA with My Heritage, FamilyTree DNA, or GEDMATCH so that we can determine which chromosomes are shared amid Shackford ancestors and jointly learn more about this family history.

My DNA Matches

1. 2018 Dec 30, XXXX XXXXX 2,468 centimorgans shared across 63 DNA segments, MY SISTER

2. 2018 Dec 30, XXXXX XXXXX, FTDNA match of 50 cm, 10 cm longest segment WILLIAM SHACKFORD & MERCY ROSE via daughter Emeline Shackford m Peter Cushing [my ancestor WILLIAM BROWN SHACKFORD] FOURTH COUSIN (Larger DNA matches on chromosomes 3, 13, and 21)

3. 2018 Dec 20, XXXXX XXXX, 30.0 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment SAMUEL SHACKFORD & MARY COOMBS via daughter Susannah Shackford m Joseph Connick, [my ancestor LEVI SHACKFORD], SIXTH COUSIN

4. 2018 Dec 21, XXXX XXXX, 19.5 centimorgans shared across 2 DNA segments, SAMUEL SHACKFORD & MARY COOMBS via daughter Susannah Shackford m Joseph Connick [my ancestor LEVI SHACKFORD], SIXTH COUSIN ONCE REMOVED

5. 2018 Dec 21, XXXXXX, 11.0 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment, SAMUEL SHACKFORD m MARY COOMBS via daughter Susannah Shackford m Joseph Connick to William Shackford Connick, [my ancestor LEVI SHACKFORD] SIXTH COUSIN

6. 2018 Jul 28, xxxxxxxx, 6.1 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment, JOSHUA SHACKFORD & ELIZABETH BARNES via son Paul Shackford [my ancestor SAMUEL SHACKFORD]l, SEVENTH COUSIN TWICE REMOVED, no shared matches [Note: this is a very small DNA match so still verifying

7. 2018 Dec 20, xxxxxx xxxxx xxxxx, 12.0 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment, includes George Franklin Shackford, match at WILLIAM SHACKFORD and DEBORAH TRICKEY via Samuel Shackford [my ancestor JOSHUA SHACKFORD], 8th COUSIN

8. 2018 Dec 21, xxxxx xxxxx, 9.1 centimorgans shared across 1 DNA segment, WILLIAM SHACKFORD m DEBORAH TRICKEY via daughter Mary Shackford m Henry Nutter, [my ancestor JOSHUA SHACKFORD], EIGHTH COUSIN ONCE REMOVED

I’m hoping this blog might encourage other Shackford descendents to test their DNA. I’d be glad to help others flush out their trees in these tools to maximize the matches.

Franklin P Shackford, of Chester, NH, One of Dr Rufus Shackford’s 13 Heirs (Blog 476)

July 12, 2018July 13, 2018 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ Leave a comment

Franklin P Shackford heir of Rufus Shackford CHESTER, The Derry Enterprise (Derry, New Hampshire), 16 February 1906 — *The Derry Enterprise*, 16 February 1906

Franklin P. Shackford is one of the
13 heirs to the property of his uncle,
Dr. Rufus Shackford, of Portland, Me.
Mrs George Currier and sister are
two of the other heirs living in Chester.

Dr Rufus F Shackford was born December 17, 1816 in Chester, New Hampshire to Samuel and Harriet (Currier) Shackford. He married twice – Louisa Cummings and Mary Ann Bateman, both of whom who died before Rufus. He died at the age of 85 on September 24, 1902. Based on the above newspaper article, we believe the probate occurred four years after his death in 1906. We can’t find copy of his probate records online at this time as these years are not yet available digitally.

We believe that George Currier mentioned in the article was the son of Rufus’s sister Abigail and John Currier but are not sure which sister is referred in the article. Here’s a list of the other possible heirs:

Children of John Currier & Abigail Shackford: Eliza J Currier, Charles R Currier, Helen Abbie Currier Coates, and George Washington Currier

Children of John Shackford: Georgiana Shackford Allard, Samuel Shackford, and George Franklin Shackford

Children of Jonathan Shackford: Franklin Pierce Shackford and Olive A Shackford Symmes (died in 1903)

Children of William Adams Rice and Sarah Shackford: Albert William Rice and Charlotte Adelaide Rice Holbrook (unsure when she died)

Children of George Shackford: George Alonzo Shackford and Hannah Elizabeth Shackford

Children of Luther Calvin Shackford: Luther L Shackford

SOURCES:

“CHESTER,” The Derry Enterprise (Derry, New Hampshire), 16 February 1906; digital images, (http://derry.advantage-preservation.com : accessed 16 July 2018).

Maine “Maine Deaths and Burials, 1841-1910,” index, FamilySearch(http://www.familysearch.org : accessed 5 April 2015), Rufus Shackford MD d 24 Sep 1902.

Samuel Shackford (1761-1844) of Wells, Maine, Revolutionary War Pensioner (Blog 475)

July 2, 2018September 8, 2019 ~ Joanne Shackford Parkes ~ 1 Comment

Samuel Shackford, the son of Paul and Eunice (Day) Shackford was born on July 24, 1761 in Wells, Maine. He was only 18 on June 6, 1780 when he served for eight months with the men mustered by Nathaniel Wells to defend the eastern part of Massachusetts. After the completion of his enlistment, he returned to Wells where he married Sarah Whittum on March 4, 1784. He later moved to Sanford, Maine where he worked as a farmer. Samuel remained in Sanford where he married Eunice Day on November 15, 1787 and Charity Cousins on November 18, 1805.

In response to the Revolutionary War Act of June 7, 1832, Samuel gave the following testimony documenting his service:

Samuel Shackford Page_4_Revolutionary_War_Pension_and_BountyLand_Warrant_Application_Files

Maine District of
Special District Court of the U States
Kennebunk August 7 1832

On this seventh day of August aforesaid personally appeared
in open Court before the District Judge

Samuel Shackford a resident of Sanford in the
county of York, and state of Maine aged seventy one
years, who being first duly sworn according to law doth
on his oath make the following declaration in order
to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed-
June 7th 1832.
That he served as herein stated.
I enlisted at Wells (now Kennebunk) in the state
Maine, in April 1780 in Capt Daniel Clarks company
for the term of eight months – we marched to Portland
in the same state, where we were principally employed
in erecting works of defense during the full period of
my enlistment or until some time in December of
that year, when we were dismissed and returned home
There were five companies in the corps to which I
belonged and were commanded by Col Prime of York –
Nathan Lord of Berwick, I think was Adjutant, and
Gen Wardsmoth commanded at Portland during said
time. I was born in Wells in the year 1761 and have
resided now about forty years in Sanford, in this state
adjoining to Wells. I enlisted and served voluntarily
as above stated. I have no other record of my age except
that which my father kept in the great Bible I now have.
All my neighbors can state my general character for that
Mr David Day resides near me, and also Mr Samuel Cole
and Mr David Clark, and others who are respectable.

He hereby relinquishes every claim to a pension or annuity
except the present, and declares that his name is note on the
pension role of the agency of any state Samuel Shackford (signed)
sworn to and subscribed this day and your aforesaid.
Before
Arthur Wise U.S. Judge for the
District of Maine
Know the said Court do hereby declare their opinion that
the above named applicant was a revolutionary soldier and
served in the states.

Samuel’s testimony did not mention the name of his father but does refer to his father’s Bible which he now has in his possession. We assume it’s the same Bible which was referred to as “Bible per Granville Shackford” (his grandson) in Samuel Burnham Shackford’s Shackford Genealogy manuscript which is the only source we’ve found for Samuel’s parents, Samuel’s birth date, and a list of his children. Hoping the Bible is saved somewhere or at least a transcription of those pages are within the Samuel Collection. (There were boxes and boxes of material and I only had 6 hours to review the materials — hoping to be back someday.)

Samuel is listed in the 1840 census as a pensioner and received his final pension payment in the third quarter of 1844. He died on 9 Sept 1844 and is buried on Mouse Lane in Sanford, Maine. In 2009 I corresponded with a wonderful gentleman who described how to find the gravestone, shared that Samuel’s gravestone was worn and damaged to the point that it was unreadable but he was making sure a flag was placed on Samuel’s grave.

CHILDREN:

Andrew Shackford (1795-1858) – married his cousin Hannah Shackford

Sarah Shackford (1789-????)

Robert Shackford (1793-????)

Eunice Shackford (1806-1822)

Christopher Shackford (1809-1870) – married Mehitable Maddox and Louisa Hill

Susan Shackford (1811-1883) – married John Thompson

Bethia Shackford (1813-1815)

Lusanna Shackford (1821-1870) – married Freeman Goodwin

[Samuel is my first cousin six times removed with a shared relative Joshua Shackford and Elizabeth Barnes]

SOURCES:

Emery Edwin, William Morell Emery, The History of Sanford, Maine. 1661-1900.(Fall River, Mass: William Morell Emery, 1901), page 83; digital images, Google eBook(http://www.books.google : accessed 21 October 2013.

“Index to Final Pension Payment Vouchers, compiled 1818 – 1864,” digital images, Fold3(https://www.fold3.com : accessed 8 July 2017), Samuel Shackford

Maine Society Sons of the American Revolution MESSAR(http://www.messar.org/patriots.html : accessed 5 January 2014), .

“Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty-Land Warrant Application Files,” digital images, Fold3(http://www.fold3.com : accessed 2 July 2018), Samuel Shackford.

Secretary of the Commonwealth, Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War. A Compilation From the Archives(Boston: Wright & Potter Printing Co, 1906), page 2; digital images, Mocavo(www.mocavo.com : accessed 15 February 2014.

“Shackford Genealogy Manuscript,” 13 October 1925; typed manuscript, SG SHA 5; Shackford collection. [manuscript] by Samuel Burnham Shackford, Shackford collection. [manuscript] SG SHA 5; New England Historical and Genealogical Society, Boston, Massachusetts.

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Christopher Shackford’s Marriage Intention to Miss Mehitable Maddox Published in Sanford, Maine on Sept 21, 1838 (Blog 489)

My DNA Matches Eight Shackford Descendents – will other Shackford Descendents Test to Increase the Knowledge of Shackford Ancestors? (Blog 487)

Franklin P Shackford, of Chester, NH, One of Dr Rufus Shackford’s 13 Heirs (Blog 476)

Samuel Shackford (1761-1844) of Wells, Maine, Revolutionary War Pensioner (Blog 475)